MrMcCall

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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Selfishness is the opposite of compassion, and when one has chosen to prioritize money over human beings, they have left the Path of Loving Wisdom. The heartless CEOs of these corps are chosen for a deliberate set of reasons and after serio
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Rode hard and put up wet? :-O
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I tried with the wink emoji ;-) And if you think you're speaking for "most" people here, what can I say?
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Yeah, that's fair. Most people's morality is very situational, and oft varies by how they're feeling at the time. The challenge, as always, is to rise above it all, no matter what.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
LOL, for real. Thanks! Those sayings really have a nice flow to them.
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Its total effect is far from trivial. Our atmosphere is six miles thick, with only 2-to-3 miles or so of breathable air. And I don't call anything "offensive", because I cannot be offended by what anyone does to me or anyon
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Yeah, thanks, I always mess that up. We pedants can't eff anthing up, can we? Talk about unfairness! :-)
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
My friend from Lousiana taught me a wonderful saying for when we are faced with absurd hypotheticals: "If my aunt had a d_ck, she'd be my uncle." Of course, that doesn't quite land the same in 2024, our finally learning
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Very good points indeed. And it's likely to go from bad to worse here in America now that the morons have elected that lying, greedy, amoral fool. On a minimally brighter side, one of our major healthcare companies has just changed its
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Technically, it's causing jealousy, not unhappiness (directly). If we choose (as you intuitively understand) to let jealousy reside in our consciousness, we will become unhappy as a result of living in our lower selves. We should, inst
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
That is the key, and can't be overstated.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
The key here is that that "woosh" sound you hear is not a bird or a plane or even Superman, it's the joke flying right over your head, my friend ;-) But, in all seriousness, thanks for that Chesterton quote. I really, really
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Our bodies have intrinsically mammalian tendencies, such as our competitive nature, especially over food. At some point in our development, we gain the ability to learn sharing and impulse control and other such higher brain functions. This
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
So this is something England's Royals are funding? In a just world, they would be added to the "Conflicts of Interest" section. ;-)
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Maybe he's just looking for a few good cats to help take you down ;-)
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I doubt it; it would probably just be a natural competitive advantage to be against others having more or getting treated better, which is a kind of more. Grooming in mammals is a survival benefit, after all. And I think that what we consid
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
"Bodyguard, I wouldn't like your job, snakes in the grass that know not Jah." --Steel Pulse
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
[BEGINNING OF PART 2 OF 2] > Moreover, framing those who do not embrace your "Path of Love" as ignorant or complicit in evil undermines the diversity of human experience and the validity of alternative ethical frameworks. There
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
[BEGINNING OF PART 1 OF 2] > What you present as a grand narrative of self-discovery, truth, and compassion is, in many ways, an idealistic interpretation of human existence that oversimplifies complex realities. I am only presenting rea
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
One of my son's best investments was his buying the Complete Calvin & Hobbes. He also got the Complete Far Side and Bloom County as well. Both our teenagers have read them both. It's funny hearing them know how Bill the Cat&#x
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
To each their own, and I love BB just as much as I love BW (and Gary Larson). No matter which decisions we make, we must live with them.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Thanks for the thanks, friend. You can find more info in my various comments in these last couple of days. I want nothing from anyone, I'm not trying to get anyone to convert to any religion or join any group. I just want you to be hap
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
My friend, what you are saying is that you do not know. You have no idea what I know, or even what I can know. Truth is all that exists in the universe. We are the information processors of this universe and "knowing thyself" is
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Yes, but we can choose to ignore it. Ignorance of our human nature potentials is our choice, too, and that's the reason for the inertia of the world's societies, including ones that claim to be religious. The key is that, just as
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
That sentence literally makes no sense, obviously coming from the spoiled mind of a coddled rich kid. The fact is that you chose to write what you wrote, for good or ill. I spent all day yesterday explaining the truth of our moral existence
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
You should hear about the movement to take the word 'gullible' out of the dictionary.
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Nope, especially because human intelligence is so very thin on the ground.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Yes, my recent comment history contains the explanation for why we have the potential for all of that but also to be true humanitarians. The short of it is that we can choose to learn how to be better by actually changing ourself, and then
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
If you dare, you can read my recent comment history for the explanation, but I doubt you're going to like it. And it is the explanation. Someone had to do it!
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
True, but our consciousness comes with an integral moral compass that we are completely free to utterly ignore or even act in opposition to. It's our gift and our responsibility, and our absolute choice, for good or ill.

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